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NX Controller Rumor [Up5: Original was fake, and thus this is too]
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The ability to add extra buttons for games that might need it. The ability to customize the exact button configuration depending on your individual hands to adjust ergonomics. Because not everyone has identically sized hands. Also, if you prefer a and b (because of their typical function in games) to be one above the other, or one to the right or left of the other, you can do either. And this can make button remapping a lot easier and system wide as opposed to something you need to do for each individual game
Because using a smart phone app is different from controlling traditional video games.
There is a reason why touch screens have not replace keyboards on laptops and desktop PCs. You don't want to write a book on a virtual keyboard. You probably don't want to play Call of Duty on virtual buttons.
As others have pointed out, the biggest issue is the impossibility to blindly know where the buttons are. This would be a smaller issue if the photo shows the handheld, since in this case your eyes would be on the screen the entire time. If the image shows the home console controller—or a handheld that also works as a home console controller—then the problem of using it blindly would be a problem. The analog sticks might server as a haptic reference point, but I am skeptical.
I am open to this thing. As a handheld it probably makes sense. But I remain skeptical if the home console will use the same concept. I never liked how the GamePad on the Wii U forced you to change your focus between TV and the controller in your lap all the time. This thing—again, if it is a controller for the home console, and not a handheld—looks like it would make that issue even worse.
There is a reason why touch screens have not replace keyboards on laptops and desktop PCs. You don't want to write a book on a virtual keyboard. You probably don't want to play Call of Duty on virtual buttons.
As others have pointed out, the biggest issue is the impossibility to blindly know where the buttons are. This would be a smaller issue if the photo shows the handheld, since in this case your eyes would be on the screen the entire time. If the image shows the home console controller—or a handheld that also works as a home console controller—then the problem of using it blindly would be a problem. The analog sticks might server as a haptic reference point, but I am skeptical.
I am open to this thing. As a handheld it probably makes sense. But I remain skeptical if the home console will use the same concept. I never liked how the GamePad on the Wii U forced you to change your focus between TV and the controller in your lap all the time. This thing—again, if it is a controller for the home console, and not a handheld—looks like it would make that issue even worse.
If this is a console controller, I'm not interested in the slightest. A second screen is a showstopper for me. Changing focuses during a game is disruptive and annoying, and off-screen-play is not something I would ever use.
If this is a handheld, I'm not sure how I feel. I'll wait for more details.
Even though the pictures seem legit, I'm still thinking the device is not Nintendo's. I'm still waiting for the revolutionary features because they aren't apparent in these pictures.
If this is a handheld, I'm not sure how I feel. I'll wait for more details.
Even though the pictures seem legit, I'm still thinking the device is not Nintendo's. I'm still waiting for the revolutionary features because they aren't apparent in these pictures.
If this is real I will enjoy seeing them crash and burn. That gimmick has barely any benefits besides looking cool. It is described like force touch and that is just not good enough to replace buttons.
Besides it looking sexy, the only upside would be that you maybe can use the scroll wheels to switch through button layouts. This would make things more complicated for rather casual players so it isn't something Nintendo is known for.
So now the huge downside:
-the screen is probably expensive and raises the bill of materials a lot. That could have been used for better internal hardware.
-being completely different from the other platform holders means the third party will probably ignore it.
Besides it looking sexy, the only upside would be that you maybe can use the scroll wheels to switch through button layouts. This would make things more complicated for rather casual players so it isn't something Nintendo is known for.
So now the huge downside:
-the screen is probably expensive and raises the bill of materials a lot. That could have been used for better internal hardware.
-being completely different from the other platform holders means the third party will probably ignore it.
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